Definition of Oscitancies

1. oscitancy [n] - See also: oscitancy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oscitancies

oscillometers
oscillometric
oscillometry
oscillon
oscillons
oscillopsia
oscilloscope
oscilloscopes
oscilloscopic
oscine
oscine bird
oscinian
oscinine
oscitance
oscitances
oscitancies (current term)
oscitancy
oscitant
oscitantly
oscitate
oscitated
oscitates
oscitating
oscitation
oscitations
oscula
osculant
oscular
osculate
osculated

Literary usage of Oscitancies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Normandy and of England by Francis Palgrave (1864)
"The codices of the Scriptures had become much vitiated by the oscitancies of the transcribers, and manuscripts with his autograph corrections are still ..."

2. The History of Normandy and of England by Francis Palgrave (1864)
"The codices of the Scriptures had become much vitiated by the oscitancies of the transcribers, and manuscripts with his autograph corrections are still ..."

3. Essay on the Right Estimation of Manuscript Evidence: In the Text of the New by Thomas Rawson Birks (1878)
"By such a method of criticism the mistakes and oscitancies of two or three copyists of the fourth century may come, in not a few instances, to displace the ..."

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